Thunderpick World Championship 2025: $1M CS2 Tournament
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Thunderpick World Championship is one of the recognised Tier 1 tournaments of Counter-Strike 2. The popular esports betting platform Thunderpick is set to host the Thunderpick World Championship 2025. Thunderpick is famous for organizing one of the highest-sponsored CS tournaments by a single bookmaker, marking its growing reputation in hosting esports events. TWC is now part of CS2’s dynamic competitive framework.
Last year, the 2024 TWC was hosted in Berlin at the LVL World of Gaming, with 16 elite teams competing. This year, Thunderpick is collaborating with GRID, GAM3RS_X, and Hotspawn for the upcoming 2025 TWC.
The esports news website Hotspawn will be presenting the 2025 championship on its site from April to October 2025. They further disclosed that all battle matches will be streamed live on the Thunderpick Twitch official channel.
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Prize Pool
The total prize pool of the Thunderpick World Championship 2025 is about $1,000,000, which is the largest ever sponsored by a bookmaker in Counter-Strike history. The Final LAN tournament is in Malta, and the prize pool is $850,000, which will be distributed among the top 8 teams.
Prize Distribution for TWC 2025 LAN Finals
| Placement | Prize |
| 1st | $500,000 |
| 2nd | $150,000 |
| 3rd | $70,000 |
| 4th | $50,000 |
| 5th–8th | $20,000 each |
Thunderpick World Championship 2025 schedule
| Stage/Event | Region | Dates |
| TWC EU Series #1 | Europe | April 28 – May 7, 2025 |
| TWC NA Series #1 | North America | May 8 – May 16, 2025 |
| TWC SA Series #1 | South America | June 27 – July 2, 2025 |
| TWC SA Series #2 | South America | July 8 – July 13, 2025 |
| TWC NA Series #2 | North America | July 24 – August 1, 2025 |
| TWC EU Series #2 | Europe | August 5 – August 14, 2025 |
| Closed Qualifier | Global | September 9 – 11, 2025 |
| TWC Finals (LAN) | Malta | October 15 – 19, 2025 |
